IMD issues heavy rain alert for Maharashtra, Kundalika river crosses danger mark

The IMD on Tuesday issued a heavy rainfall alert for Maharashtra over the next four days following which Chief Minister Eknath Shinde directed the state administration officials to take precautions and ensure there is no loss of life or propertyThe Kundalika river in Raigad district located near Mumbai has crossed the danger mark as per an official statementMumbai and some of its neighbouring districts witnessed heavy rains and flooding on Tuesday morningThe IMD has issued an orange alert for south Konkan region and Goa and a yellow alert for north Konkan north central and south central Maharashtra and Marathwada regionsThe MeT department issues four colourcoded predictions based on the prevailing weather systems The green colour indicates no warning yellow is to keep a watch orange is to stay alert while red means a warning and that action needs to be takenAlso read Mumbai rains LIVE updates BMC warns of high tide at 410 pmThe Marathwada region is likely to witness thunderstorms accompanied with lightning heavy rain and gusty winds with a speed of 4050 kmph the IMD saidThe Chief Ministers Office in a statement said CM Shinde is in touch with collectors of Thane Raigad Palghar Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts The National Disaster Response Force has also been asked to remain alertThe situation in Mumbai is also being closely monitored it saidThe Kundalika river in Raigad has crossed the danger mark The water level of the Amba Savitri Patalganga Ulhas and Gadhi rivers was a little less than the danger mark it saidIn view of the increasing rains and floodlike situation Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has held discussions with Chief Secretary Manu Kumar Srivastava Guardian secretaries have been asked to reach their districts and monitor the situation the statement saidInstructions have been issued that there should be no loss of life or property in view of the heavy rainfall and flood like situation The chief minister is in touch with collectors of all districts in the Konkan region it saidOfficials of the water resource department have been asked to remain alert and take necessary precautions in view of the heavy rains it saidPeople especially in Thane Palghar Raigad Sindhudurg Ratnagiri and Kolhapur where the rainfall intensity is more should be alerted about floods in advance the statement saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever